All Your Data Are Belong to Us

Googlebase has launched.  Everyone is wondering what to do with it.  Some people fear it will be a spam haven and horribly abused.  Some people think it is like dBase and dull dull dull. 

I think that Googlebase is amazing.  I have no plan to utilize it in any way.  I do not feel compelled to go out and use it right away.

Why, then, do I find it amazing?  Because Google's in the "Throw this at the wall and see if it sticks" business.  Googlebase probably won't stick, and that's great.

I think another part of Web 2.0 is the willingness to experiment.  Google is coming up with ideas, putting them through rapid development, and launching them.  Most people are willing to play ball.  Google's APIs are open, people can mold and shape their offering.

It's sort of like Kinda Open Source.  Google's model, whatever their agenda, is participatory.  So, even though GoogleBase isn't working for me .. I love GoogleBase.

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Comments

[band]

Open source maybe is more like an "open mike".